Kylesa - 'Tired Climb'

Over the years there were over 1-2 frame bands pretending for the sludge throne, generally belonging to institutions in the ranks of EyeHateGod and Crowbar, but none of them (with the exception of 16 and the early Mastodon) could be defined as ‘special’. Coming from Georgia, USA, Kylesa is a phenomenon which might not cause cultural changes or even sensation, but will certainly leave a trace in the history of a scene that seems to have awaken from deep lethargy. If their future seemed gloomy and uncertain back in the era of their homonymous debut album, then with time they came to be identified as leaders. Climbing to the top was tiring and hard, but fertile; Kylesa left offerings to the extreme music altar with each passing step…

…the last of them, called ‘Static Tensions’, was perhaps the zenith of their work – smartly composed, well produced and totally mindblowing. That’s why ‘Spiral Shadow’, the band’s forthcoming album is one of the most important releases of the year, and the expectations, proportionately to the quality of it’s composing already became incredibly high. The prognoses for what is coming to us all begin right now, with the appearance of (probably) the first single and opening track in the production, entitled ‘Tired Climb’.

With the length of three minutes and twenty seconds, the song shows up excellent for its place in the tracklist and improved parallel of ‘Scapegoat’ which set the beginning of ‘Static Tensions’ an year ago. The composition starts with a psychedelic interlude, joined by the tribal percussions of the drummer-duo Carl McGrinley – Eric Hernandez and excellently structured combination of simple yet alertly twisting string scheme and crystal clean chord, serving as a bridge leading the song to the next section: plain, but effective riff, for which I can’t miss the chance to use the cliché “mighty”.

Focused (without counting the spattering-like ocean waves clean vocals by Laura Pleasants) and accented track, which immediately spreads roots into the listener’s mind and sounds like the start of 2010’s best metal album.

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